romney's position was and what president obama's position was. the president has gotten the greatest voted total for reelection in -- of any president in history. he was saying we need a balanced approach. we are getting out of a recession. it is still a tenuous recovery. we need to invest in education, infrastructure and we need to find some revenues. that is part of the fight in washington in the next month. host: you believe the tax cuts should expire for the wealthiest americans. what would the impact be on the tax cuts expiring for middle- class americans and others? guest: this election was about how we recreate in a imagine the american dream for those who want to be in the middle class and those who want a broadens middle class. of course, it would hurt. that is part of the reason why they talk about it as sequestration and talk about it as a real deadline. we need to maintain the middle class tax breaks. we need to maintain a balanced approach. the labor movement is trying to push at that to make sure there is a safety net for medicare,